In 1837, Georgia lawmakers authorized a “Lunatic, Idiot, and Epileptic Asylum.” Five years later, the facility opened as the Georgia Lunatic Asylum on the outskirts of the cotton-rich town that served as the antebellum state capital.

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Where Iberian Pig takes its inspiration from all of Spain, Cooks & Soldiers focuses on the Basque region, which gained an international profile during the craze over molecular gastronomy and its first exponent, Ferran Adrià of elBulli.

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Southbound magazine, the newest ancillary title from the publishers of Atlanta magazine, showcases the top travel destinations in the Southeast. We visit idyllic small towns and exciting cities in search of outstanding vacation opportunities.Inside Southbound

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Georgia offers diverse places to see and things to do, from the mountains in North Georgia to the coasts of Savannah and The Golden Isles. Take a tour in your own backyard and visit all that our great state has to offer. Begin your tour

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Collier Heights awarded Local Historic District status

The move should preserve the groundbreaking African American neighborhood

At long last, Collier Heights—a West Atlanta neighborhood built by and for African Americans—has been designated as a Local Historic District by the City of Atlanta, the mayor’s office announced today.

The fifty-year-old ranch house development was named to the National Register of Historic Places in 2009, but that designation did not protect its architectural integrity. Now, under an ordinance approved by City Council on May 7, all new construction and alterations to home exteriors must be reviewed by the Atlanta Urban Design Commission.

Local residents have worked for years to establish these new safeguards. The area is significant as a particularly well preserved example of midcentury design, but it is even better known as a groundbreaking refuge for upwardly mobile African Americans during the turbulent Jim Crow era. Its founding residents were a virtual Who’s Who of Atlanta: Rev. Martin Luther King Sr., Herman J. Russell, and Rev. Ralph David Abernathy, to name a few.

To learn more about Collier Heights’ fascinating history, see our story A Separate Peace from May 2010.